HALES, Sir Edward (c.1577-1654), of Tunstall, Kent.

Family and Education

b. c. 1577, 1st s. of William Hales of Tenterden, Kent, and Elizabeth, da. of Paul Johnson of Fordwich.CB. educ. G. Inn, 29 Jan. 1593.G. Inn Admiss. 82. m. (1) 19 May 1601, Deborah, da. and h. of Martin Harlackenden of Woodchurch, 3s. d.v.p.;CB; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 71; Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 59; REQ2/220/3; Woodchurch par. reg. transcription. (2) 27 Nov. 1616, Martha (bur. 11 May 1626), da. of Sir Matthew Carew of London, master in chancery, wid. of Sir James Cromer (d. 27 Mar. 1614) of Tunstall, s.p.CB; Chamberlain Letters, ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 42; Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 59; E.R. Mores, Hist. and Antiq. of Tunstall (1790), 29-30, 95. suc. uncle John† 1600.PROB11/96/371. Kntd. 12 July 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 112. cr. bt. 29 June 1611.CB. d. 6 Oct. 1654.CB; Mores, Tunstall, 82, 96.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Kent 1601-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/1, f. 111v. Dep. ld. of Romney Marsh, 1602.Add. 24798, f. 192; Teichman Derville, Romney Marsh, 114. Commr. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1602-aft. 1639, 3 Nov. 1653–d.;C181/2, ff. 88, 150v, 247v, 295, 328v; C181/3, ff. 52v, 59v, 173; C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144; C181/6, p. 23; Canterbury Cathedral Lib. U85/35/7, unfol. Ebony Level, Kent 1603, 1618;C181/1, f. 57v; C181/2, f. 320. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1604-aft. 1632;C181/1, f. 90v; C181/2, ff. 148, 300; C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v. Denge Marsh, Kent 1604-aft. 1636;C181/1, f. 92; C181/2, f. 209v; C181/3, ff. 134v, 185; C181/5, f. 40v. River Camber, Kent and Suss. 1604;C181/1, f. 96. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1614, 1625, 1629, 31 Mar. 1640;C181/2, f. 219v; C181/3, f. 165v; C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167. Kent 1617, 1626, 1637, 1639;C181/2, f. 271; C181/3, f. 203; C181/4, ff. 101; C181/5, ff. 68, 146v. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1618-aft. 1639;C181/3, ff. 42, 212v, 248, 252, 254v; C181/5, f. 129v. Luddenham Level, Kent 1618;C181/3, f. 44v. Mersham to Sandwich, Kent 1625, 1631;C181/3, f. 157v; C181/4, f. 75. Suss. 1627;C181/3, f. 209v. River Medway, Kent 1627, 1639;Canterbury Cathedral Lib. U85/35/8, unfol. Rainham Bridge to Mucking, Essex 1627;C181/3, f. 233v. Mdx. 1639;C181/5, f. 142v. preservation of ditches, Kent 1605.C181/1, f. 123. Sheriff, 1608.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. Soc. ix), 69. Commr. subsidy, 1608, 1622, 1624, 1641;SP14/31, f. 1; C212/22/20–1, 23; SR. admlty. causes, 21 May 1608;HCA14/39/217. piracy, Cinque Ports 1609-aft. 1639;C181/2, ff. 85, 185, 246v; C181/3, ff. 175v, 247; C181/4, f. 48; C181/5, f. 131v. aid for Princess Elizabeth, Kent 1612;E163/16/21. charitable uses, 1616;C93/7/7. Canterbury 1625.C93/10/18. Capt. militia horse, Kent by 1622–?HMC Finch, i. 43. Warden, Rochester bridge 1621–44.Traffic and Politics ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson (Rochester, N.Y. 1994), 294. Dep. lt. Kent by 1624–45.CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 614; SP16/413, f. 112; HMC Cowper, i. 212; CJ ii. 724a. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1623-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/3, ff. 78v, 261; C181/4, ff. 13, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. Kent 1627; Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1627;C181/3. ff. 213, 215v. Cinque Ports 1639;C181/5, f. 131v. martial law, Kent 1624, 1627;APC 1623–5, pp. 409–10; C231/4, f. 223. privy seal loan, 1626;E401/2586, p. 90. Forced Loan, 1626 – 27; Rochester 1627;Harl. 6846, f. 37; C193/12/2, ff. 26v, 86. enquiry, lands of recusants, 1628;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449. knighthood fines, 1630–34;E178/7154, f. 88c; E178/5368, ff. 17, 20; E198/4/32, m. 2; Stowe 743, f. 85. repair of highways, 1631;C181/4, f. 88; C231/5, p. 58. survey, Rye harbour 1636;PC2/45, p. 397. further subsidy, Kent 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. array (roy.), 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Queenborough 1625.Cent. Kent. Stud. QB/JMS4, f. 20v.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Aug. 1642.CJ ii. 725a.

: of Tunstall, Kent.

Likenesses

Likenesses: stipple engraving, Gold, 1822;NPG. fun. monument, Tunstall church, Kent.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HALES, Sir Edward (c.1577-1654), of Tunstall, Kent.

Will

15 Oct. 1651, pr. 1 Nov. 1654.PROB11/237/499.

Estates

purchased Sutton Vallence for £6,100, 1632.C2/Chas.I/P34/41; C2/Chas.I/P86/39. Tunstall House built for Hales in 1630s.Mores, Tunstall, 31. Leased crown property in Sheppey, from at least 1615 until its sale, May 1650.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. U85/35/7, unfol.; E121/2/11/6; SP28/234, unfol. Lodgings in Whitefriars, London, at Mr Taylor’s house, c.1641.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. U85/35/8; U85/35/7, unfol. Hales’ estate may have been worth as much as £6,000 p.a. in the 1640s.Harl. 164, ff. 356b-7a.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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